Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 06, 2026

Burrus Intellectual Property Law Group

5 pending office actions • 1 client • 5 examiners • 5 art units • 0 of 5 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 36 patents granted in the last 365 days

Quality Metrics (n=430 apps, methodology: how we score firms)

87.6%
Allowance Rate
n=430
+0.41σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=430
3.1
OAs to Allowance
n=333
-0.20σ
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=333
826 days
Time to Allowance
n=333
+10.4pp
Interview Lift
n=430
24.5%
RCE Rate
n=430
13.3%
Appeal Rate
n=430

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

51.8%
§101 Overcome
n=27
81.4%
§102 Overcome
n=183
82.0%
§103 Overcome
n=289
78.6%
§112 Overcome
n=70

Specialization & Scale

G06F, H04M, H04N
Top CPC Subclasses
45%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=430
0
Practitioners
n=430
Apps / Practitioner
n=430 (min 20)

Portfolio Summary

5
Total Pending OAs
3
Non-Final OAs
2
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 4 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

2
Overdue
1
Due this week
0
Due this month
1
Due in next 60 days
0
Due later

Deadline Fire Line

Every pending office action with a known statutory deadline, placed on a days-until-due axis. Dots left of Today are overdue; the further right, the more runway. Cases that share a deadline window stack vertically. 4 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (2)Due ≤ 7 days (1)Due ≤ 60 days (1)

Case Difficulty Mix

Difficulty is derived from the rejection statutes on the most recent pending office action. §101-driven and multi-statute cases are graded Hard; §112-only and obviousness-type double-patenting cases are graded Easy; everything else is Medium. "Unknown" means we have not yet parsed a statute for that office action.

2
Hard (40%)
3
Medium (60%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only3 (60%)
Multi-statute (no §101)2 (40%)

Industry Mix

How the docket's pending cases split across USPTO tech-center bands.

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
2
Information Tech
40% of docket
3
Communications
60% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
0
Mechanical / Eng
0% of docket
0
Business / Other
0% of docket

Time-on-OA Estimate

Manual office-action response work runs about 10 hours per case. The time-saved bands below show what IP Author's prosecution pipeline typically delivers — a conservative 20% on the low end, 35% in the middle, 50% on the high end.

50 h
Manual time on pending OAs
10 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
18 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.4 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
PAN, PHOEBE X 1 46.9% +42.2%
STANLEY, KAVITA 1 37.2% +23.4%
KIYABU, KARIN A 1 56.5% +40.3%
TALUKDER, MD K 1 80.0% +14.1%
WANG, YUEHAN 1 82.6% +13.2%

Quick Wins (2)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18542083 Methods and Systems for Configuring a Speaker in an Electronic Device Having a Translating Flexible Display TALUKDER, MD K 24d overdue
18242938 Methods and Systems for Altering Virtual Button Arrangements Presented on One or More Displays of an Electronic Device WANG, YUEHAN 5d

Hard Cases (2)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18438624 Electronic Devices and Corresponding Methods for Utilizing User Sensory Preference Reaction Scores to Enhance User Interface Interactions STANLEY, KAVITA 54d
18657517 Electronic Devices and Corresponding Methods for Transferring Application Operations Between Devices Using Swipe Gestures PAN, PHOEBE X

Interview Candidates (5)

Cases in front of an examiner whose interview lift is 10 percentage points or more — i.e. interviewed cases historically resolve more favorably than non-interviewed ones. The top 5 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18542083 Methods and Systems for Configuring a Speaker in an Electronic Device Having a Translating Flexible Display TALUKDER, MD K 24d overdue
18438589 Electronic Devices, Systems, and Corresponding Methods for Utilizing User Sensory Preference Reaction Scores to Enhance User Interface Interactions KIYABU, KARIN A 16d overdue
18242938 Methods and Systems for Altering Virtual Button Arrangements Presented on One or More Displays of an Electronic Device WANG, YUEHAN 5d
18438624 Electronic Devices and Corresponding Methods for Utilizing User Sensory Preference Reaction Scores to Enhance User Interface Interactions STANLEY, KAVITA 54d
18657517 Electronic Devices and Corresponding Methods for Transferring Application Operations Between Devices Using Swipe Gestures PAN, PHOEBE X

Client Portfolio (1 client)

Client (Assignee)Pending OAs
Lenovo 5

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
21791
21531
26261
26481
26171

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18657517 Electronic Devices and Corresponding Methods for Transferring Application Operations Between Devices Using Swipe Gestures Motorola Mobility LLC PAN, PHOEBE X 2179 §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending May 07, 2024
18438624 Electronic Devices and Corresponding Methods for Utilizing User Sensory Preference Reaction Scores to Enhance User Interface Interactions Motorola Mobility LLC STANLEY, KAVITA 2153 §102§103§112Other Non-Final OA 54d Pending Feb 12, 2024
18438589 Electronic Devices, Systems, and Corresponding Methods for Utilizing User Sensory Preference Reaction Scores to Enhance User Interface Interactions Motorola Mobility LLC KIYABU, KARIN A 2626 §103 Final Rejection 16d overdue Pending Feb 12, 2024
18542083 Methods and Systems for Configuring a Speaker in an Electronic Device Having a Translating Flexible Display Motorola Mobility LLC TALUKDER, MD K 2648 §103 Final Rejection 24d overdue Pending Dec 15, 2023
18242938 Methods and Systems for Altering Virtual Button Arrangements Presented on One or More Displays of an Electronic Device Motorola Mobility LLC WANG, YUEHAN 2617 §103 Non-Final OA 5d Pending Sep 06, 2023

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